Penobscot River Bridge

Penobscot River Bridge
Penobscot Bridge on left, railroad bridge on right
Coordinates	44°47′56″N 68°45′51″W
Carries	Motor vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians
Crosses	Penobscot River
Locale	Bangor/Brewer, Maine
Characteristics
Design	truss
Total length	657 feet (200 m)
Width	32 feet (10 m)
Longest span	218 feet (66 m)
Load limit	15 tons - 3 tons
History
Construction start	1902
Construction end	1911
Opened	1902
Closed	1997
Location

The Penobscot River Bridge was a truss bridge between Bangor and Brewer, Maine. It was constructed by the American Bridge Company in 1902, with further construction in 1911 by the Boston Bridge Works. According to the Historic American Engineering Record, it was the last remaining Baltimore (Petit) through-truss bridge in Maine. While it was designed for loads of up to 15 tons, it was reduced to 3 tons shortly before its replacement in 1997 by the "New Penobscot Bridge."

The bridge carried U.S. Route 1A and Route 15 across the Penobscot River. While 1A still crosses the New Penobscot Bridge, SR-15 was redirected over I-395's Veterans Remembrance Bridge after its completion in 1986.

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Maine
• List of bridges in the United States

Gallery

• 
  Last remaining piece of the bridge, installed near its original location

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. ME-52, "Penobscot Bridge, Spanning Penobscot River at Route 15, Bangor, Penobscot County, ME", 19 photos, 20 data pages, 2 photo caption pages